Pat Rudebusch reacts to the Meg Whitman bobblehead she received as a prize during March 15’s Orinda Citizen of the Year award dinner held at the Orinda Community Center. About 100 people honored Rudebusch, who left the Orinda school board in 2012 after serving three terms as a trustee. The award is sponsored by The Rotary Club of Orinda and by the Sun. Whitman, of course, was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 2010.

Sam Richards has been a newspaper reporter/editor since 1982, when he got his first job as a weekend police reporter in Missoula, Mont. He later worked in Belgrade, Mont. and Tracy, Calif. before joining in 1992 what became the Bay Area News Group. He works out of Walnut Creek, covering a variety of stories, with a focus on City Hall news.

“Beyond the Headline” hosts and hold a wide-sweeping discussion about their experiences covering the devastating at the Ghost Ship warehouse that killed 36 people. They are joined by Bay Area News Group colleagues in award-winning investigative reporter , Oakland city beat reporter and seasoned photojournalist , who has the distinction of having been on scene for the Oakland’s two deadliest fires...